Originally posted by quayfan Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 1:24 PM If you should get down this way, try Hearne Texas. It's one of the headquarters of Union Pacific, and there's a number of old passenger and rail cars side tracked just out side of town that are in pretty bad shape. It's also a train lovers hot spot, which I'm told on a busy day up to 80 trains might pass through... Reply Edit CSSHEGEWISCH Member sinceMarch 2016 From: Burbank IL (near Clearing) 13,540 posts Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, March 25, 2005 12:55 PM Pielet Brothers in McCook has been closed for several years now and the site seems to be a storage area for containers. One of the reasons I've heard as to why security was so tight at Pielet (shooting pictures from Joliet Road could draw police attention) was that they also had a government scrapping contract for military service materiel. The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul Reply CopCarSS Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Turner Junction 3,076 posts Posted by CopCarSS on Friday, March 25, 2005 12:21 PM Out west of Sterling, IL there's a group of the 0-8-0's that used to swicth at the Northwestern Steel and Wire plant until 1981. They're sitting out west of town, not too far from where U.S. 30, and IL Hwy. 2 come together. Each time I go back, it's a bit of a bittersweet thing. Photographically, they're getting more interesting as they rust away, and get more and more reclaimed by nature. But, the steam fan in me is sad because each time they're getting closer and closer to being lost forever. I fear that they're long past the point of ever running again, and are getting closer to being worthless, even for display. High scrap prices and locomotives residing really near to a steel mil really scare me. Next time I'm in that are, I'm bringing the 4x5 with some T-Max 100 in it. At least I'll know that I have them forever on a good piece of film (as well as lots of other smaller pieces, too). Chris Denver, CO -ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams Reply conrailman Member sinceDecember 2001 From: NS Main Line at MP12 Blairsville,Pa 830 posts Posted by conrailman on Friday, March 25, 2005 12:08 PM The Ozarkmountainrailcar is where alot of Amtrak Cars and other Passengers cars go its a graveyard too. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:35 AM A couple of places that come to mind are in the Chicago and Birmingham metro areas. Though I haven't been by there in years since I moved south, the Pielet Bros. scrap yard (where many EMD trade ins were scrapped) had a line of old tenders, cranes, and steam locos along Joliet road and easily viewed from public property. I don't know about now, with the EMD plant closed, can anyone update? In Birmingham, al., the Heart of Dixie Museum had it's equipment (in various condition) stored in a couple of old sidings parallel to the CSX and NS mains that bisect the city, near downtown. Also I have caught a glimpse of an Alco S series parked in a yard (abandoned?) of an abandonded steel mill. in the Ainslie area . It was so rusted that I couldn't tell it's markings. Jimmy Reply Edit chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:16 AM Sadly I have another to add. Wendel,Ca. was a crew change point on the Modoc line and an interchange point with the Sierra Pacific line to Susanville. The Modoc is now gone between Wendel and Alturas. And the Sierra Pacific mill in Susanville shut down. It's now just a matter of time before the last bit of the southern end of the Modoc line is abandond (Wendel-Flannigan). There is a yard in wendel with lots of cars still left there, mostly bad ordered. This was a SP town and vestiges of its past are everywhere. And almost every residence in town has a old railroad car for a shed. Some are quite old. Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, March 25, 2005 10:59 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater Originally posted by john7470 Up in Maine: 1) Eagle lake, deep in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has two old steam locos (turn-of-the-century ex NYC, I believe) rotting in the woods. They were used in logging operations until the 30s. Bring your canoe... there is no road access. They are still there. There's not much left of them to save. The group attempting to preserve them is asking for anyone who has visited these engines, and removed artifacts to please return the parts. One I believe was an ex Long island RR . In Alamosa Co. there is a large bunch of narrow gauge cars gathered up . I was surprised to say the least. Randy Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:40 AM I'm really glad that this topic has been dug up again! As I said in my post from a year ago, abandoned trains have always fascinated me. There isn't really too much around where I live. I have seen a really old wooden boxcar on some farm in Alberta while driving to Calgary. Wheat City Metals in Regina, Saskatchewan and Mandak in Selkirk, Manitoba both have lots of old rolling stock, but these are scrapyrds as opposed to graveyards, so I'm not sure if they really count. Wheat City could sort of be considered a graveyard, as for many month they had piles (literally) of old freight cars in their yard. Then, all of a sudden they just disappeared. What's really interesting, though, is an old NP heavyweight baggage car that they have sitting on their property. It was sitting, complete with trucks, on a siding for quite a while, but now the trucks are gone and it's sitting beside a shed. Someone should rescue it. Mandak is a scrapyard that exclusively cuts up railway equipment. They save useable parts, such as trucks, wheels, etc. and sell them. It really isn't in a good location for taking pictures, but I did get some when I was there. Keith, Excellent pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us! Hopefully there will be others with more to add to the list. Reply Edit shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:29 PM I don't know how long they've been there but there is about 10-15 old SW?(I think) switchers parked on an old industry spur in Joliet by the now abandoned Statesville prison. Mostly UP but there were others. It didn't look like a temp location. Shrek Reply kschmidt Member sinceApril 2001 From: US 590 posts Posted by kschmidt on Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:44 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. Noah, This would have been National Railway Equipment at Silvis, IL. I was there last year while the #261 was running the Grand Excursion in June 2004. Almost got locked inside the plant. We drove inside, through an open gate. However when we got back to leave the gate was locked. Luckily the security guard was nice enough to let us out and not call the police or something. Here are some shots from June 2004. I don't think they usually welcome visitors, however the security guard was quite understanding. Another thing that I noticed while walking near the road was quite a growth of "wacky weedus" . Apparently it grows quite well wild down there. I have a photo of that but I didn't know if that would be appropriate. Keith Keith Schmidt KC9LHK You don’t bring nothin with you here and you can’t nothin back, I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack. George Strait Check out Flickr Train Photo Page Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:03 PM If you make it out to the Pacific Northwest, check out the Ainsworth area of southeast Pasco in south central Washington state. In addition to at least one steam locomotive (can't remember what type), there are several sets of old articulated bulkhead well cars with 35' wells. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:01 PM in waskom tx there is a rolling stock grave yd 3-4 cars stacked on top of each other very sad to see[:(] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:42 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes This is an interesting topic. I don't have time now to read it all but I certainly want to when I do have the time. Jim, I think once you read bnsf4me's post about the Frisco passenger car in a garbage dump that you might be making a little trip to Springfield in the near future, possibly with a really big flatbead trailer! Reply Edit broncoman Member sinceFebruary 2003 From: Gateway to Donner Summit 434 posts Posted by broncoman on Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:07 AM I don't know how old of equipment you were thinking of, but if you get up to the Eureka/Humbolt Bay area of CA. all of the rolling stock and locos are trapped up there. The line out has been closed for close to 5+ years now and I don't believe anything up there gets run. Its a massive shortline area up there (numerours sawmills) with one line down to civilization that was closed due to cost of keeping up that track. Was costing SP close to $1,000,000 a month just to keep the line from Eureka to Willits open or so the story goes. Dave Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:53 AM This is an interesting topic. I don't have time now to read it all but I certainly want to when I do have the time. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 11:26 PM If you make it out to California I highly recommend a visit to the town of Laws (5 mi. east of Bishop, 250 miles north of LA). There is a 4 or five car narrow guage train with steam locomotive (no 18 I belive) & caboose virtualy abandoned in place. Laws is basically a museum town. The station, train,and several buildings like the blacksmith shop, barber shop (/dentist),schoolhouse, livery stable, general store, jailhouse and several others have ben preserved to look like the did in the old days. They also have an excellent bookstore. For those that don't know this was a major station on the Carson & Colorado (also known as the Slim Princess). The C & C went from Keeler,Ca. to Mound House,Nv. and was a subsidiary of Southern Pacific. It connected with the Vergina And Truckee at Mound House and the SP Jawbone line in the Owens Valley (Lone Pine I belive). This was the last place SP ran steam in regular service. And I belive the last narrow guage on the west coast. I also think this was the last place SP ran mixed trains. The C&C had a very colorfull history and was a real freak of the SP empire. There is another C & C narrow guage steam loco in a park in Independance,Ca.(#9 I think) that the last time I heard was undergoing cosmetic restoration. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 10:25 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by john7470 Up in Maine: 1) Eagle lake, deep in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has two old steam locos (turn-of-the-century ex NYC, I believe) rotting in the woods. They were used in logging operations until the 30s. Bring your canoe... there is no road access. Actually, if you check out the Rumourweb site listed, you will find that these engines have actually been saved and are no longer there. I've always been extremely fascinated by this subject. Whenever I see or hear about abandoned railroad equipment, it always angers me greatly, but at the same time am completely fascinated and curious about it. I can't help but fanticise about these trains being rescued and restored some day. If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to try and do so. There was mention of the E&N in BC. There are actually some abandoned steam locomotives still existing in British Columbia, check out this link: http://members.shaw.ca/preservedsteambc/forgotten_bc_locis.htm . Another thing that may help you is to go to google and do image searches for "Abandoned Train", "Derelict Train", etc. Many of the results will get you to non-railfan sites that have information that you might not find otherwise. Reply Edit jeffhergert Member sinceMarch 2003 From: Central Iowa 6,901 posts Posted by jeffhergert on Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:48 PM Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. [ National Railway Equipment uses the old Rock Island shop at Silvis, Illinois. Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:58 PM Rick...many years ago did get there and rode in the passenger car with the whicker chairs....! Quentin Reply rixflix Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 696 posts Posted by rixflix on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:57 PM Go to www.sotolgallery.com and check out my friend Luc's photos of vanishing railroad structures. Say hello to Babs. She doesn't like the nickname but she'll probably guess that Rick sent you!!! rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Reply rixflix Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 696 posts Posted by rixflix on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:21 PM Last time I checked the East Broad Top's Mt. Union yard had the following: ***dozens of EBT narrow gauge hoppers with trees growing through them ***a narrow gauge Buda ballast dump car next to a giant gopher hole ***a couple of strings of U.S.Army standard gauge wood sheathed boxcars ***acres of complex dual gauge yard trackage ***a dual gauge scale sans house ***foundations of the coal processing plant, water tower and lots of minor structures ***Really narrow gauge cars that carried refractory bricks through the ovens ***number 3 (or was it 6?), a standard gauge 0-6-0 with a set of couplers for each gauge slumbering away in the boarded-up enginehouse (you can see her through the cracks) ***Whew! Late fall through early spring is the best time to explore as vegetation makes it difficult but not impossible the rest of the year. Visit it when the operating portion of the line starts or ends. The last night of operations at Rock Hill (Orbisonia) is always a thrill, when they dump one of the mike's fire, blast the last steam horizontally several hundred feet with a huge roar, and use a gas motorcar to push it into it's stall. Some European fans were there one time and we all pitched in with the formerly steam powered armstrong turntable. Unforgetable!!! I've got a couple of little tales about that place. Once, with my son we were pushing briar along the army boxcars. Most of them had holes burned through their floors from fires made by kids (Halloween would be fun there) or drifters. We would peer through the open doors as we passed them. Well, I stuck my head inside one doorway looking left and found myself looking at blue jeans two feet away that belonged to a man standing just inside. We both gasped and I almost fell over backwards. We both managed a quavery "Hey!!!", and I got outta there toot sweet!!! Another time, with my pal Kellam, we were squinting through the enginehouse windows which were if I recall, heavily louvred with wood rather than boarded up. We could barely make out some features of the switcher inside. A local couple came up and the man asked us what were we looking at. "The steam engine", we replied. "Never knew there was anything in there." were his exact words. Profoundly un-curious I suppose. They had a kind of hard-bitten Appalachia/rust belt appearance, and the wife, who had seen our DC car plates, then asked us how long our trip to Mt. Union had taken. "Three, three -and -a-half hours." was my answer. Then wife turned to hubbie and said, "See, you could go down there and find work." Too sad, too sad. I've got tears welling up now. The rest of the EBT is still there folks, mostly in brush, one collapsed rock wall tunnel, patches of macadam, and a high school's front lawn. The hardy, operating part needs help right now, so visit, volunteer, contribute. After the studies and blandishments of National Park Service and Smithsonian, revenue is sliding. I've managed over the years to explore almost every inch of the little pike and I am here to tell you it's been so much fun. For a long time I had resisted it's allure, fearing it would turn out to be a railfanning obsession. Not fearing, I suppose, but knowing. Well guess what??? Check out Friends of the East Broad Top and related web sites. The three foot wide but endless Eastie will always abide!!! rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Reply Noah Hofrichter Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: Reedsburg WI (near Wisconsin Dells) 3,370 posts Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:48 PM Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. Click the image above to visit my website, Badger Rails. My Model Railroad Club's website: http://sandhousecrew.webng.com Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:20 PM If you make your way up the west coast to Canada, on Vancouver Island the E&N is still running, but is about as close to being abondoned without being abondoned as a railway can be. Take some pictures of the rolling stock now, as they aren't likely going to be there much longer. Reply Edit JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,318 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:01 PM Defiance has an old yard behind the jr high school.Get your pics of the depot before it falls apart completely. stay safe Joe Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener"). Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:56 PM Thier is a Passenger Car graveyard in Madison, Illinois called Illinois Transit the website is www.iltransit.com Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:53 PM I know it's too late for your road trip, but I'd like to add The Lost Engines Of Roanoke Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 7:28 AM There is a Frisco passenger car in a trash dump in Springfield, Missouri, Frisco's former World headquarters. It is in bad shape, but still good enough to restore. It is located near Nichols Junction. Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
QUOTE: Originally posted by Sask_Tinplater Originally posted by john7470 Up in Maine: 1) Eagle lake, deep in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has two old steam locos (turn-of-the-century ex NYC, I believe) rotting in the woods. They were used in logging operations until the 30s. Bring your canoe... there is no road access. They are still there. There's not much left of them to save. The group attempting to preserve them is asking for anyone who has visited these engines, and removed artifacts to please return the parts. One I believe was an ex Long island RR . In Alamosa Co. there is a large bunch of narrow gauge cars gathered up . I was surprised to say the least. Randy Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 9:40 AM I'm really glad that this topic has been dug up again! As I said in my post from a year ago, abandoned trains have always fascinated me. There isn't really too much around where I live. I have seen a really old wooden boxcar on some farm in Alberta while driving to Calgary. Wheat City Metals in Regina, Saskatchewan and Mandak in Selkirk, Manitoba both have lots of old rolling stock, but these are scrapyrds as opposed to graveyards, so I'm not sure if they really count. Wheat City could sort of be considered a graveyard, as for many month they had piles (literally) of old freight cars in their yard. Then, all of a sudden they just disappeared. What's really interesting, though, is an old NP heavyweight baggage car that they have sitting on their property. It was sitting, complete with trucks, on a siding for quite a while, but now the trucks are gone and it's sitting beside a shed. Someone should rescue it. Mandak is a scrapyard that exclusively cuts up railway equipment. They save useable parts, such as trucks, wheels, etc. and sell them. It really isn't in a good location for taking pictures, but I did get some when I was there. Keith, Excellent pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us! Hopefully there will be others with more to add to the list. Reply Edit shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:29 PM I don't know how long they've been there but there is about 10-15 old SW?(I think) switchers parked on an old industry spur in Joliet by the now abandoned Statesville prison. Mostly UP but there were others. It didn't look like a temp location. Shrek Reply kschmidt Member sinceApril 2001 From: US 590 posts Posted by kschmidt on Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:44 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. Noah, This would have been National Railway Equipment at Silvis, IL. I was there last year while the #261 was running the Grand Excursion in June 2004. Almost got locked inside the plant. We drove inside, through an open gate. However when we got back to leave the gate was locked. Luckily the security guard was nice enough to let us out and not call the police or something. Here are some shots from June 2004. I don't think they usually welcome visitors, however the security guard was quite understanding. Another thing that I noticed while walking near the road was quite a growth of "wacky weedus" . Apparently it grows quite well wild down there. I have a photo of that but I didn't know if that would be appropriate. Keith Keith Schmidt KC9LHK You don’t bring nothin with you here and you can’t nothin back, I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack. George Strait Check out Flickr Train Photo Page Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:03 PM If you make it out to the Pacific Northwest, check out the Ainsworth area of southeast Pasco in south central Washington state. In addition to at least one steam locomotive (can't remember what type), there are several sets of old articulated bulkhead well cars with 35' wells. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:01 PM in waskom tx there is a rolling stock grave yd 3-4 cars stacked on top of each other very sad to see[:(] Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:42 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes This is an interesting topic. I don't have time now to read it all but I certainly want to when I do have the time. Jim, I think once you read bnsf4me's post about the Frisco passenger car in a garbage dump that you might be making a little trip to Springfield in the near future, possibly with a really big flatbead trailer! Reply Edit broncoman Member sinceFebruary 2003 From: Gateway to Donner Summit 434 posts Posted by broncoman on Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:07 AM I don't know how old of equipment you were thinking of, but if you get up to the Eureka/Humbolt Bay area of CA. all of the rolling stock and locos are trapped up there. The line out has been closed for close to 5+ years now and I don't believe anything up there gets run. Its a massive shortline area up there (numerours sawmills) with one line down to civilization that was closed due to cost of keeping up that track. Was costing SP close to $1,000,000 a month just to keep the line from Eureka to Willits open or so the story goes. Dave Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:53 AM This is an interesting topic. I don't have time now to read it all but I certainly want to when I do have the time. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 11:26 PM If you make it out to California I highly recommend a visit to the town of Laws (5 mi. east of Bishop, 250 miles north of LA). There is a 4 or five car narrow guage train with steam locomotive (no 18 I belive) & caboose virtualy abandoned in place. Laws is basically a museum town. The station, train,and several buildings like the blacksmith shop, barber shop (/dentist),schoolhouse, livery stable, general store, jailhouse and several others have ben preserved to look like the did in the old days. They also have an excellent bookstore. For those that don't know this was a major station on the Carson & Colorado (also known as the Slim Princess). The C & C went from Keeler,Ca. to Mound House,Nv. and was a subsidiary of Southern Pacific. It connected with the Vergina And Truckee at Mound House and the SP Jawbone line in the Owens Valley (Lone Pine I belive). This was the last place SP ran steam in regular service. And I belive the last narrow guage on the west coast. I also think this was the last place SP ran mixed trains. The C&C had a very colorfull history and was a real freak of the SP empire. There is another C & C narrow guage steam loco in a park in Independance,Ca.(#9 I think) that the last time I heard was undergoing cosmetic restoration. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 26, 2004 10:25 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by john7470 Up in Maine: 1) Eagle lake, deep in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has two old steam locos (turn-of-the-century ex NYC, I believe) rotting in the woods. They were used in logging operations until the 30s. Bring your canoe... there is no road access. Actually, if you check out the Rumourweb site listed, you will find that these engines have actually been saved and are no longer there. I've always been extremely fascinated by this subject. Whenever I see or hear about abandoned railroad equipment, it always angers me greatly, but at the same time am completely fascinated and curious about it. I can't help but fanticise about these trains being rescued and restored some day. If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to try and do so. There was mention of the E&N in BC. There are actually some abandoned steam locomotives still existing in British Columbia, check out this link: http://members.shaw.ca/preservedsteambc/forgotten_bc_locis.htm . Another thing that may help you is to go to google and do image searches for "Abandoned Train", "Derelict Train", etc. Many of the results will get you to non-railfan sites that have information that you might not find otherwise. Reply Edit jeffhergert Member sinceMarch 2003 From: Central Iowa 6,901 posts Posted by jeffhergert on Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:48 PM Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. [ National Railway Equipment uses the old Rock Island shop at Silvis, Illinois. Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:58 PM Rick...many years ago did get there and rode in the passenger car with the whicker chairs....! Quentin Reply rixflix Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 696 posts Posted by rixflix on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:57 PM Go to www.sotolgallery.com and check out my friend Luc's photos of vanishing railroad structures. Say hello to Babs. She doesn't like the nickname but she'll probably guess that Rick sent you!!! rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Reply rixflix Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 696 posts Posted by rixflix on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:21 PM Last time I checked the East Broad Top's Mt. Union yard had the following: ***dozens of EBT narrow gauge hoppers with trees growing through them ***a narrow gauge Buda ballast dump car next to a giant gopher hole ***a couple of strings of U.S.Army standard gauge wood sheathed boxcars ***acres of complex dual gauge yard trackage ***a dual gauge scale sans house ***foundations of the coal processing plant, water tower and lots of minor structures ***Really narrow gauge cars that carried refractory bricks through the ovens ***number 3 (or was it 6?), a standard gauge 0-6-0 with a set of couplers for each gauge slumbering away in the boarded-up enginehouse (you can see her through the cracks) ***Whew! Late fall through early spring is the best time to explore as vegetation makes it difficult but not impossible the rest of the year. Visit it when the operating portion of the line starts or ends. The last night of operations at Rock Hill (Orbisonia) is always a thrill, when they dump one of the mike's fire, blast the last steam horizontally several hundred feet with a huge roar, and use a gas motorcar to push it into it's stall. Some European fans were there one time and we all pitched in with the formerly steam powered armstrong turntable. Unforgetable!!! I've got a couple of little tales about that place. Once, with my son we were pushing briar along the army boxcars. Most of them had holes burned through their floors from fires made by kids (Halloween would be fun there) or drifters. We would peer through the open doors as we passed them. Well, I stuck my head inside one doorway looking left and found myself looking at blue jeans two feet away that belonged to a man standing just inside. We both gasped and I almost fell over backwards. We both managed a quavery "Hey!!!", and I got outta there toot sweet!!! Another time, with my pal Kellam, we were squinting through the enginehouse windows which were if I recall, heavily louvred with wood rather than boarded up. We could barely make out some features of the switcher inside. A local couple came up and the man asked us what were we looking at. "The steam engine", we replied. "Never knew there was anything in there." were his exact words. Profoundly un-curious I suppose. They had a kind of hard-bitten Appalachia/rust belt appearance, and the wife, who had seen our DC car plates, then asked us how long our trip to Mt. Union had taken. "Three, three -and -a-half hours." was my answer. Then wife turned to hubbie and said, "See, you could go down there and find work." Too sad, too sad. I've got tears welling up now. The rest of the EBT is still there folks, mostly in brush, one collapsed rock wall tunnel, patches of macadam, and a high school's front lawn. The hardy, operating part needs help right now, so visit, volunteer, contribute. After the studies and blandishments of National Park Service and Smithsonian, revenue is sliding. I've managed over the years to explore almost every inch of the little pike and I am here to tell you it's been so much fun. For a long time I had resisted it's allure, fearing it would turn out to be a railfanning obsession. Not fearing, I suppose, but knowing. Well guess what??? Check out Friends of the East Broad Top and related web sites. The three foot wide but endless Eastie will always abide!!! rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Reply Noah Hofrichter Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: Reedsburg WI (near Wisconsin Dells) 3,370 posts Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:48 PM Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. Click the image above to visit my website, Badger Rails. My Model Railroad Club's website: http://sandhousecrew.webng.com Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:20 PM If you make your way up the west coast to Canada, on Vancouver Island the E&N is still running, but is about as close to being abondoned without being abondoned as a railway can be. Take some pictures of the rolling stock now, as they aren't likely going to be there much longer. Reply Edit JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,318 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:01 PM Defiance has an old yard behind the jr high school.Get your pics of the depot before it falls apart completely. stay safe Joe Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener"). Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:56 PM Thier is a Passenger Car graveyard in Madison, Illinois called Illinois Transit the website is www.iltransit.com Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:53 PM I know it's too late for your road trip, but I'd like to add The Lost Engines Of Roanoke Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 7:28 AM There is a Frisco passenger car in a trash dump in Springfield, Missouri, Frisco's former World headquarters. It is in bad shape, but still good enough to restore. It is located near Nichols Junction. Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by john7470 Up in Maine: 1) Eagle lake, deep in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has two old steam locos (turn-of-the-century ex NYC, I believe) rotting in the woods. They were used in logging operations until the 30s. Bring your canoe... there is no road access.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline.
Keith Schmidt KC9LHK You don’t bring nothin with you here and you can’t nothin back, I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack. George Strait Check out Flickr Train Photo Page
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes This is an interesting topic. I don't have time now to read it all but I certainly want to when I do have the time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by john7470 Up in Maine: 1) Eagle lake, deep in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has two old steam locos (turn-of-the-century ex NYC, I believe) rotting in the woods. They were used in logging operations until the 30s. Bring your canoe... there is no road access.
Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. [ National Railway Equipment uses the old Rock Island shop at Silvis, Illinois. Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:58 PM Rick...many years ago did get there and rode in the passenger car with the whicker chairs....! Quentin Reply rixflix Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 696 posts Posted by rixflix on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:57 PM Go to www.sotolgallery.com and check out my friend Luc's photos of vanishing railroad structures. Say hello to Babs. She doesn't like the nickname but she'll probably guess that Rick sent you!!! rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Reply rixflix Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 696 posts Posted by rixflix on Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:21 PM Last time I checked the East Broad Top's Mt. Union yard had the following: ***dozens of EBT narrow gauge hoppers with trees growing through them ***a narrow gauge Buda ballast dump car next to a giant gopher hole ***a couple of strings of U.S.Army standard gauge wood sheathed boxcars ***acres of complex dual gauge yard trackage ***a dual gauge scale sans house ***foundations of the coal processing plant, water tower and lots of minor structures ***Really narrow gauge cars that carried refractory bricks through the ovens ***number 3 (or was it 6?), a standard gauge 0-6-0 with a set of couplers for each gauge slumbering away in the boarded-up enginehouse (you can see her through the cracks) ***Whew! Late fall through early spring is the best time to explore as vegetation makes it difficult but not impossible the rest of the year. Visit it when the operating portion of the line starts or ends. The last night of operations at Rock Hill (Orbisonia) is always a thrill, when they dump one of the mike's fire, blast the last steam horizontally several hundred feet with a huge roar, and use a gas motorcar to push it into it's stall. Some European fans were there one time and we all pitched in with the formerly steam powered armstrong turntable. Unforgetable!!! I've got a couple of little tales about that place. Once, with my son we were pushing briar along the army boxcars. Most of them had holes burned through their floors from fires made by kids (Halloween would be fun there) or drifters. We would peer through the open doors as we passed them. Well, I stuck my head inside one doorway looking left and found myself looking at blue jeans two feet away that belonged to a man standing just inside. We both gasped and I almost fell over backwards. We both managed a quavery "Hey!!!", and I got outta there toot sweet!!! Another time, with my pal Kellam, we were squinting through the enginehouse windows which were if I recall, heavily louvred with wood rather than boarded up. We could barely make out some features of the switcher inside. A local couple came up and the man asked us what were we looking at. "The steam engine", we replied. "Never knew there was anything in there." were his exact words. Profoundly un-curious I suppose. They had a kind of hard-bitten Appalachia/rust belt appearance, and the wife, who had seen our DC car plates, then asked us how long our trip to Mt. Union had taken. "Three, three -and -a-half hours." was my answer. Then wife turned to hubbie and said, "See, you could go down there and find work." Too sad, too sad. I've got tears welling up now. The rest of the EBT is still there folks, mostly in brush, one collapsed rock wall tunnel, patches of macadam, and a high school's front lawn. The hardy, operating part needs help right now, so visit, volunteer, contribute. After the studies and blandishments of National Park Service and Smithsonian, revenue is sliding. I've managed over the years to explore almost every inch of the little pike and I am here to tell you it's been so much fun. For a long time I had resisted it's allure, fearing it would turn out to be a railfanning obsession. Not fearing, I suppose, but knowing. Well guess what??? Check out Friends of the East Broad Top and related web sites. The three foot wide but endless Eastie will always abide!!! rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride. Reply Noah Hofrichter Member sinceJanuary 2004 From: Reedsburg WI (near Wisconsin Dells) 3,370 posts Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:48 PM Last summer my dad and I took a trip to the quad cities area. Near one of the interstates there, there was a very, very, large engine graveyard. there were all sorts of roadnames on them. I was wondering if anyone knew who this yard belonged to? one other thing, the yard was near John Deer's combine plant somewhere in or near Moline. Click the image above to visit my website, Badger Rails. My Model Railroad Club's website: http://sandhousecrew.webng.com Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:20 PM If you make your way up the west coast to Canada, on Vancouver Island the E&N is still running, but is about as close to being abondoned without being abondoned as a railway can be. Take some pictures of the rolling stock now, as they aren't likely going to be there much longer. Reply Edit JoeKoh Member sinceApril 2003 From: Defiance Ohio 13,318 posts Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:01 PM Defiance has an old yard behind the jr high school.Get your pics of the depot before it falls apart completely. stay safe Joe Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener"). Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:56 PM Thier is a Passenger Car graveyard in Madison, Illinois called Illinois Transit the website is www.iltransit.com Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:53 PM I know it's too late for your road trip, but I'd like to add The Lost Engines Of Roanoke Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 7:28 AM There is a Frisco passenger car in a trash dump in Springfield, Missouri, Frisco's former World headquarters. It is in bad shape, but still good enough to restore. It is located near Nichols Junction. Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Quentin
rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.